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School of something FACULTY OF OTHER Leeds University Library LibQUAL+ at Leeds - one year on Pippa Jones Head of Customer Services, Leeds University Library January 2007
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One year on What have we learned about? Planning the survey Monitoring progress Analysing the results Reporting Next steps
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Planning the survey When? April 2006 How? Library Survey Group What? 5 local questions ? Who? Library staff Disciplines
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Population and Respondents by customised discipline
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Going live Mail box Monitoring progress Comments 865 respondents Topic Comments Resources246 Estates186 Services160 E-resources156 General140 Staff139 Opening hours129 Behaviour89 Equipment64 Information skills28
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Radar charts Adequacy gaps Frequency of library use – bar charts Demographic data Comments Further analysis – 4 faculties Analysing the results
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All respondents – 2231 Ugrad – 1462 Postgrad – 504 Academic –183 Staff - 98 Library staff - 84 Core questions summary
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Core questions - respondent type Undergraduate – 1462Postgraduate – 504 Academic –183
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1. IC1 - Making electronic services available from home or office – all 2. IC2 - Library web site enabling me to find information on my own – 3 rd UG, 4 th PG and Acad 3. IC8 - Print and/or electronic journal collections I require for my work – 2 nd Acad, 3 rd PG, 6 th UG 4. IC4 -The electronic information sources I need – 2nd PG, 3 rd Acad 5. IC5 - Modern equipment that lets me easily access needed information – 4 th UG, 6 th PG 6. IC6 -Easy to use access tools that allow me to find things on my own – 5 th UG, 6 th PG, 5 th Acad Most important services Highest mean desire
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Reporting Know your target audience: Library Strategy Group - Strategic direction of service Academic staff - Managing expectations Students - Operational issues Library staff - Opportunity to thank
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Benchmarking SCONUL libraries Leeds University Library
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What next? Action plan – in process 2 year planning cycle LibQual+ survey every year Further investigations: - opening hours - electronic resources - library premises plan
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Any questions? Contact : Pippa Jones, Leeds University Library p.f.jones@leeds.ac.uk
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